Friday, January 16, 2015

Today In...

DC dropout, Heroes casting, and Xbox price drop

....Movies

- It seems that DC is going to have to find a new Rick Flag in the upcoming The Suicide Squad. Tom Hardy, who signed on about a month ago, has dropped out. The movie he is currently filming is going over schedule and he will have no time to film the DC movie.

- If you were waiting to see Thor fight a giant whale in March, you will have to wait a little bit longer. The Chris Hemsworth staring, Ron Howard directed In the Heart of the Sea has been pushed to December.

- A new trailer for the Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart comedy film Get Hard has hit the web. The film opens on March 27.



....Television

Luis Guzman (How to Make It in America) and Finesse Mitchell (Saturday Night Live) have joined Showtime’s comedy pilot Roadies in potentially recurring roles. Guzman will portray tour-bus driver Gooch, while Mitchell is the charming tour accountant Harvey.

USA Network has ordered the comedic series Donny!, a look at media, wealth and modern romance through the eyes of famed ad man/TV personality Donny Deutsch’s fictionalized character. The show will debut in late 2015.

- NBC has cast another player for their upcoming miniseries Heroes Reborn. Zachary Levi has signed on to the 13-episode continuation of their series Heroes. No exact details yet but he is said to have a key role.

....Video Games

- The Xbox One is once again available at $350. That was the price for awhile during the holidays before being brought back up to $400 on January 3. Hope you didn't buy one in the last two weeks.

- The hard mode for the Crota's End raid in Destiny next week. Hard mode will be the only way to get Crux of Crota, which you need to fully upgrade the Eidolon Ally.  Level 33 will also be available next week.

- Hotline Miami 2 has been rated RC (Refused Classification) in Australia, effectively banning it there. The RC was given for a sequence in the game tiled Midnight Animal. In the sequence the main character reportedly rapes a women.

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